PHOTOS: Hoboken church volunteers clean up Jersey City

Through the Hoboken Grace Community Church, local residents volunteered at various organizations in Jersey City last month.

The mission was part of the inaugural 1Day Jersey City event.

"We were blown away by how many people came out to volunteer and impact local organizations," said Wayne Burton, Hamilton Park location leader at Hoboken Grace. "Hoboken Grace looks for opportunities to serve and give back to the community of Jersey City and we were able to do that in a big way today."

Participants spruced up and painted at local parks, helped get the kayaks at Liberty State Park up and running, did some grounds keeping at a national historic landmark and helped to organize and clean up at a local animal shelter.